A Mason City woman received a deferred judgment and five years of probation on Thursday after pleading guilty to insurance fraud in January.
According to court records, 26-year-old Shavhona Porsha Whitmore was in an automobile crash Aug. 19, 2021, at the intersection of South Kentucky Avenue and 19th Street Southeast in Mason City.Â
The affidavit states Whitmore did not provide any proof of car insurance during the initial contact with police at the scene. After the officer walked away Whitmore allegedly accessed an insurance app on her phone and purchased insurance.
She then allegedly provided the insurance information to police. The insurance company later questioned the time and date of the crash in comparison to the time and date of the insurance purchase. Whitmore then allegedly sent a screen shot image to the insurer with an altered timestamp in an attempt to show she purchased the policy prior to the crash.
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A civil penalty of $1,025 was imposed, but suspended.
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1910 Mason City town ball club
1910 Mason City Town Baseball Club
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1912 Hub Bottling Company Baseball Team Mason City
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1910 Mason City Clay Diggers Baseball Team
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1914 Cerro Gordo County Teachers Institute
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1912 Baseball MC vs Estherville Field Day Aug 8, 1912 at Rockwell Field
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The St. Patrick's High School basketball team in Dougherty, 1927. In the back, from left: John M., Pete Campbell, Dan Dougherty, Joe Mullen, Leon Campbell. In the front, from left: Joe McLaughlin, Ray Mullin, Frank Breen, Joe Kelley, Neil Boyle. The coach is Bob Dougherty.
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Teachers who were completing their attendance of the Cerro Gordo Teachers Normal Institute in Mason City, 1885.
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Saint Patrick's High School football team, 1919. John Cunningham Sr. can be seen in the front row, second from right.
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Students of the No. 7 Country School, 1900.
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Classmates at the No. 7 Country School northeast of Mason City, 1903. Included in the photograph are Lula Pearce, Ina Pearce, Etta Pearce, and Gladys Pearce.
